Pls forgive me if my question sounds silly or has been answered before....

I'm based in Umuahia, so now my question is:

1. Will my Facebook ad be or set to be automatically restricted to areas around Umuahia such as Enugu, Aba, Owerri, Awka etc?

2. Seeing as I'm going to start small as an amateur seller without use of a courier company, does it mean my only means of dispatching to customers is via local inter-state/city transportation companies?

1stbest:
building a new E store will cost like how much, will it have monthly payments /subscription ?

Hi,
I'm going to be honest with you. The cost depends on the features and functionality on the store. I know many will flood your inbox telling you it's 10k or 15k. While that is possible, what they will give you is something very basic. They will just install WordPress for free, download a free theme and install woo commerce for free. In the end you will have something very basic and boring.

I will prefer to have a detailed WhatsApp chat with you so I can effectively guide you on the variations. Once we establish what you actually want I can give you a fair cost estimate. Chat me up here (080) 94301125.

Let me equally mention that there's nothing like monthly subscription fee. You only buy a domain name for your business (around 3k) and pay for web hosting (even a plan of 3500/year will do for a start).

Ahijo1990:
Pls forgive me if my question sounds silly or has been answered before....

I'm based in Umuahia, so now my question is:

1. Will my Facebook ad be or set to be automatically restricted to areas around Umuahia such as Enugu, Aba, Owerri, Awka etc?

2. Seeing as I'm going to start small as an amateur seller without use of a courier company, does it mean my only means of dispatching to customers is via local inter-state/city transportation companies?

Let me clarify that Facebook will not do anything automatically. When creating your ads you will have to specify the location of people that you want to see your ads. Facebook gives you the flexibility to choose who you want to see your ads because they will normally charge you for each click on your ad (we call it pay per click).
This is where many newbies waste a lot of money and get zero results.
If for example you know you cannot deliver your goods to people in Maiduguri or anywhere outside of Umuahia, DON'T go and specify NIGERIA as the location of people who should see the ads. Please narrow it down to Umuahia specifically. Otherwise EVERYONE in Nigeria will see the ads, click on it and WASTE you ad credit (money) since you can't deliver to their location.
Do you understand

To your second question, the answer is yes, you will rely on interstate or city transport.


BONUS TIP FOR ALL.

I don't use courier services and I don't deliver myself, YET I deliver nation wide. I know this sounds strange. OK this is it. In major states like Lagos, Rivers, Kaduna, Abuja, Enugu, etc. I have what we call self delivery agents. When my goods arrive, I split and send to these states then, run ads and go to sleep. Once people visits my eCommerce website and place an order, the form has a field for STATE. Once they pick a state the website will automatically know which of my self delivery agent to forward the order to based on the state.

HOW TO GET TRUSTED SELF DELIVERY AGENTS?

The sweetness of this business is to join relevant online community of like minds and see who they are using and who people trust. Don't just send your stuff to anyone o. Join groups.

I pay them monthly, nothing compared to what I will pay a courier service.

PLEASE, this is a professional selling method and I recommend it for those who have mastered the business. If it doesn't apply to you now, just save the idea for future because I expect you all to be great in this business. So I had to write it now as I may not have the time to discuss it later on.

Bottom line is. Beginners should stick with places they can deliver to THEMSELVES.

How do these self delivery agents get your funds for you after doing pay on delivery?

Hope am not late

dvkot:
You are giving out valuable information for free stop Mr gideon286

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Haaaaaaa you must be a very wicked person.

gideon286:
Good morning everyone ...

We'll continue with: How To Create A Single Product Sales Page (website) today.

I missed you all ... So i'm ganna give more free.

Be tuned.

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gideon286:
Good morning everyone ...

We'll continue with: How To Create A Single Product Sales Page (website) today.

I missed you all ... So i'm ganna give more free.

Be tuned.

Good morning Mentor, we are following..

Good morning boss

felibrain:


Let me clarify that Facebook will not do anything automatically. When creating your ads you will have to specify the location of people that you want to see your ads. Facebook gives you the flexibility to choose who you want to see your ads because they will normally charge you for each click on your ad (we call it pay per click).
This is where many newbies waste a lot of money and get zero results.
If for example you know you cannot deliver your goods to people in Maiduguri or anywhere outside of Umuahia, DON'T go and specify NIGERIA as the location of people who should see the ads. Please narrow it down to Umuahia specifically. Otherwise EVERYONE in Nigeria will see the ads, click on it and WASTE you ad credit (money) since you can't deliver to their location.
Do you understand

To your second question, the answer is yes, you will rely on interstate or city transport.


BONUS TIP FOR ALL.

I don't use courier services and I don't deliver myself, YET I deliver nation wide. I know this sounds strange. OK this is it. In major states like Lagos, Rivers, Kaduna, Abuja, Enugu, etc. I have what we call self delivery agents. When my goods arrive, I split and send to these states then, run ads and go to sleep. Once people visits my eCommerce website and place an order, the form has a field for STATE. Once they pick a state the website will automatically know which of my self delivery agent to forward the order to based on the state.

HOW TO GET TRUSTED SELF DELIVERY AGENTS?

The sweetness of this business is to join relevant online community of like minds and see who they are using and who people trust. Don't just send your stuff to anyone o. Join groups.

I pay them monthly, nothing compared to what I will pay a courier service.

PLEASE, this is a professional selling method and I recommend it for those who have mastered the business. If it doesn't apply to you now, just save the idea for future because I expect you all to be great in this business. So I had to write it now as I may not have the time to discuss it later on.

Bottom line is. Beginners should stick with places they can deliver to THEMSELVES.

Well understood now. Thanks a lot.

Good morning

still having issue Paying ur seller in China, And also running Fb ads whatsapp 08120292561

gideon286:


Always remeber when buying from seller that the higher the price the stronger the quality. So since you're a beginner go for quality; this is what makes your customers stay with you.

To get the name of any of the products i listed above; you can just type the name on Jumia; then copy any name that Jumia gives the product; and paste it on Alibaba or 1688. You'll get the exact product without doing too much search.

There's what we call Product research but let me keep that for my students. I have given alot here

can we use Ali express to do product research?

God bless the OP
I can't believe I woke up this morning and started reading the thread patiently from page 1 to 21

Have learnt alot, alot
God bless the OP again and again

emperorblog21:


i can help u to set up an E-STORE FOR 15K


U ONLY PAY YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION

how muchis is going to be charge for the yearly subscription ??

truvine:
God bless the OP
I can't believe I woke up this morning and started reading the thread patiently from page 1 to 21

Have learnt alot, alot
God bless the OP again and again

Please can I use verve ATM card to pay for Facebook ad?

Please which promotion should I choose below?

iamwalexab:
how muchis is going to be charge for the yearly subscription ??

.com is #8000


.com.ng #6500

Tela101:
Please can I use verve ATM card to pay for Facebook ad?

Please which promotion should I choose below?

no u can only use mastercard.


u xan use a virtual card.


signup to getbarter.co or download flutterwave app



signup and fund ur account with #3700 dey will give u Visa card u can withdraw ur money bk to ur acct


promo code use 08120292561

emperorblog21:


.com is #8000


.com.ng #6500

I'm sorry but this is not entirely true.

To host your website you need to
-Buy a domain name like www.mysite.com (around 3400)
-Buy a hosting plan (starters can use a basic plan of 3000-3500).

Try to avoid .com.ng domains even though they go for a cheaper rate of 1700 per year.

felibrain:

I'm sorry but this is not entirely true.

To host your website you need to
-Buy a domain name like www.mysite.com (around 3400)
-Buy a hosting plan (starters can use a basic plan of 3000-3500).

Try to avoid .com.ng domains even though they go for a cheaper rate of 1700 per year.

calculate d hosting and domain together sir.


be aware dat not all hosting give free SSL

emperorblog21:



calculate d hosting and domain together sir.


be aware dat not all hosting give free SSL

Why would anyone go for a hosting service that doesn't offer free SSL when many good once do?

emperorblog21:


.com is #8000


.com.ng #6500

8k will buy two dot com with change.

coolcentbigman:


Thanks for sharing this information, some people are just ungrateful beings. honestly I am so vexed right now and whatever decisions Op takes is justified, These are the kind of people that discourages other from doing good. He didn't even wait for the lessons to be over.

God will continue to bless you Sir and i will never forget what you did for me @Mr Gideon. Also to other Gurus in the house who also contributed or supported this lessons i see you all, God bless you too, you all are God sent.

There's really nothing so wrong in what he did as long as he is not collecting money for it.. Nothing wrong in helping others access the information. Everyone is not on nairaland and the world doesn't revolve around here. The mods could delete this thread anytime.

felibrain:

There's really nothing so wrong in what he did as long as he is not collecting money for it.. Nothing wrong in helping others access the information. Everyone is not on nairaland and the world doesn't revolve around here. The mods could delete this thread anytime.

Yep i know but why directing them to email him if not to get the so called complete training for a fixed price.

felibrain:

There's really nothing so wrong in what he did as long as he is not collecting money for it.. Nothing wrong in helping others access the information. Everyone is not on nairaland and the world doesn't revolve around here. The mods could delete this thread anytime.

I get your point but these days i don't trust these bloggers, Op didn't direct us to mail him for the complete tutorial and he was opened to us from day one to this very moment.